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To my beautiful friends, peers, neighbours. I see you and I value you. Hate will not win. Fascism will fail, as it always does, when we stand united against it.

Nigel Farage was rehabilitated by ITV when it paid him £1.5m to appear on I’m A Celeb. He is also joint-second for most appearances on BBC Question Time. When I say the *entire* media class is complicit in the normalisation of Islamophobic & anti-migrant rhetoric, I mean it.

The Tories have done markedly worse in this election than in 1997 (34 fewer seats if exit polls hold) showing just how much people want change.

For those broadcasters calling the exit polls a disappointing result and comparing the figures to the 1997 election result. Please can we remember a) that the difference between 170 and 178 is 4 seats and b) That the lib dems only took 46 seats in 1997 and are predicted 61 today.

I vividly remember my mother, in her final days of life, staying up all night to watch the Tories get trounced in 1997. I'm not planning on this being my final election, but everything else stands.

Congratulations to ICAPSS team member @ambyr_reid for her article in the latest @uniofgalway EDI bulletin! Fantastic to see the diverse skills of sim techs highlighted and shared. Read about a day in the life of a sim tech here: stories.universityofgalway.ie/ambyr-reid/ind… #techniciansmakeithappen

The countdown has begun for #ASPiH2023. We’re looking forward to sharing our work on the national Simulation Faculty project and Simulation and Immersive Technologies Evaluation Toolkit. Find out more: ➡️orlo.uk/uAgmQ ➡️orlo.uk/E6EGb

If you're part of this community it's well worth joining to link up with your peers, get support, and support others

@janesdaly speaking about how NHSE TEL can help you connect with others through the VHLF community. We've also got Digital Innovation and Virtual Reality communities who can help us share and learn together in these areas. Come by the stand if you want to know more! #TPEPDigiCon

SHARING, Russel! We advocate SHARING equipment! #TPEPDigiCon

@DrNRalph Head of @NHSE_TEL shares his vision of NHS strategy and practical support for immersive technologies at the @RoySocMed Metaverse event exploring the possibilities of the virtual health workforce and impact of immersive technologies . Join here: orlo.uk/sd4oi

The characteristics of changemakers. The @designcouncil has studied change excellence in practice & identified the attributes of the most effective leaders of change across systems: 1) System thinker: has the ability to see how everything is interconnected in a bigger picture. 2) Leader and storyteller: can tell a great story about what’s possible and why this is important, engage people at all levels and see the work through. 3) Connector and convener: can build strong relationships, create spaces where people from different backgrounds come together and join the dots to create a bigger movement. 4) Designer and maker: has the technical and creative skills to make things happen. designcouncil.org.uk/our-resources/… Graphic via @Brilliant_Teams

@ELHT_DERI Very best wishes @DocChrisClark, working with you was always a pleasure and a learning experience in compassionate leadership

Last week we said farewell to our friend and colleague Dr Chris Clarke who has retired after 32 years of service to #ELHT. Everyone in the #DERI team and wider Trust wishes Chris a long, happy and healthy retirement!

We're not only Doctors and Nurses, we're people like you working all over the Trust, from pharmacy to engineering, hotel services to management & everything else. 350 different careers! #NHS75 Take a look & discover where you could be working: lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/join-our-workf…

Such a great day, seeing these young people realise that the things they're interested in and the skills they're developing can fit within our NHS. They really are our future.

To help mark the #NHS75 anniversary, NHS England and @InspiringTF have teamed up to inspire children and young people to consider a career in the NHS. #NHSBirthday

Our special mental health DIHCE meeting is 30 June at 2pm. We'll hear from colleagues working to improve mental health training through the use of immersive technology. Please email simimmtech@hee.nhs.uk to join the conversation.

@CALRGatOU @IETatOU @OpenUniversity @OU_WELS Current student working in this field - how do we access sessions, please?

We're delighted to announce that #CALRG2023 conference schedule (27-30 June) is now live! Find out more: open.ac.uk/blogs/CALRG/ca… @IETatOU @OpenUniversity @OU_WELS #CALRG

Another fab meeting this week, looking at research and evaluation and how it can help us to share, collaborate and gain support for the adoption of beneficial educational tech. Next meeting will be 2pm on 30th June and you can drop us a line on simimmtech@hee.nhs.uk to join.

Never heard of OpenLearn before? Or have you always wondered what we're all about? Well, wonder no more... watch our animation, which explains who we are, what we do and how #OpenLearn, the #freelearning platform of The Open University, can help you: open.edu/openlearn/get-…